Mayfly

Mayfly time is one of the most exciting and spectacular periods of the year and like when the Daddy is available fish seem to go on a mass feeding frenzy, taking flies from the surface and rising ansd slashing at anything resembling a Mayfly. Drakes ansd Spent get most attention but the fish are also attracted to Humpy Sedges and the Wulff range of flies. However it is a fairly short but nevertheless productive fishing period.

As the name would suggest this mayfly is hackled at the front and the back Horace Brown created this Mayfly for use on his beloved River Kennet. This unconventionally tied pattern has proved very successful to many over the years and on a wide range of waters.